Today at the beginning of the day I had my Social Studies EOT and it is probably the easiest test that I have taken so far. The reason behind this is because I studied for everything the day before and read the entire module 20 and 21 of the textbook. My problem was with one of the questions I thought I got the right answer but one of my friends said I was wrong. Afterwards, he asked another kid next to him and that student got the same answers as him. 

This was while the teacher asked one of the kids to collect the tests. So my friend urged me to write the answers he said were eight and because it was 2 vs 1 I did exactly that. Afterwards, when my teacher was handing back random tests to people so that you wouldn't get your own test but someone else. Then, we were supposed to correct their sheet as my teacher said the correct answers and give them their final score as it happened. 

Well, when it came time for the last question which I thought was right it turns out the answer I had originally was indeed wrong and my friend told me the right one. I was so happy that I had picked the right one but felt guilty that someone had told me what I should've put, basically it was cheating. But then again, if I didn't correct my answer I would've gotten around a 90. Now I can guarantee myself an easy 100. The last time I remembered my Social Studies grade was a 79 so in order to meet the requirements I need to get an 80 on at least every class and have at the very minimum an 85 average. 

I have a 100 in Spanish so as long as I get 80 on every other grade I should get honor roll. My only problem is that I'm pretty sure I failed either ELA or Math, this is because at the beginning of the school my ELA teacher bombarded everyone with lot's of homework and in one of those assignments I only did 25% of it. So my homework grade is literally 100, 100, 100, 100, 25%. Now if I had known that the administrators or people who handle the grade book wouldn't allow any more assignments after 5 I would've finished it for sure. But no, they didn't mention anything. 

Also, for my Pearson the first like 5 tests I got either an 86 or higher than a 90 yet none of those tests counted according to my ELA teacher. Mr. Ramdani (the person who puts the grades), refused to put in these grades since he said there was a limit and my teacher had already passed that much. And I was surprised to hear this because most of the other teachers still haven't even given our class the first test yet. We've just been studying and reviewing for tests. Anyways, that is it for today's post.

I personally did not enjoy the Science EOT that I had today. Right now my Science grade is a 95 but this test is definitely going to bring it down. I thought that the test my class was taking was the second part of the ELA EOT since that was also supposed to be today but apparently it was in the morning and the ELA EOT was going to be at the end of time. That meant that I didn't have enough time to study for the test although that is sort of my fault. Most people got around 4 wrong but I'm pretty sure I got 5. When the test was over they were letting people grade each other's tests but I didn't know who graded mine so I just guessed.

 Some of my friends next to me got their score because they asked even though they weren't supposed to. Unfortunately for one girl in my class whose name I will not say, she got a 7 and that must not be good. I doubted that it would bring me below an 80 just because I probably got like a 75 and I continued to believe that when my class had science, literally right after the test. We weren't going to be learning anything just because we had class right after a test, specifically that class, so we just watched a show about this guy who thinks that science has a deeper meaning on the inside and wants everyone to know about it.

 Believe me, I thought that was a bit weird but considering what came after it was pretty cool. They showed the guy being invited to go inside of some secret underground building where this organization was trying to see how animals and plants could survive underground (humans too of course), this is because soon enough climate change will affect what happens in this world and we won't be able to do anything about it. I'm actually a bit terrified this because it just so happens that in the next ten years is when climate change will really start to affect us and I'm still only 13.

 I don't want to die because of heat, but of natural causes like maybe a heredity disease or just a peaceful death. That would be cool, or saving someone or something's life. That would make me feel like I did something in life. You know that feeling when you feel like you want to do something more in life? I do, but right now I just stress over homework, tests, and grades. It just seems so unfair, kids should have more freedom than this. Sure you might say, it's our fault that we're not using our time wisely and just on our electronic but I disagree. I feel as though we kids aren't able to advance or do anything actually worth because people don't trust us since we're too young. 

Anyway, my Science teacher said that she'll curve the grade so that if you got 5 wrong you won't get a 74. Since that the amount of wrong answers I think I got that was relieving. Apparently, this is a thing that a lot of teachers do. If the highest grade in the class is a 90 and the lowest is like around a 60 she'll bump the highest grader even higher and at the same time boost everyone up as well. Especially the one at the bottom. So that 60 will go to like a 75 or even an 80. It depends on the highest score in the class. But that was what I did today at school. I feel like I put enough detail into this post. 

Today I was super hyped because I won my team our spot in the playoffs and a chance to win against all the other teams in my class. I don't know if you understand, but basically my team is mainly girls and then 3 boys. Well, actually 2 boys because the 3rd one was transferred out to another class for no reason. I don't exactly know why he left, but apparently it wasn't his choice (coming from his mouth). 

But don't worry, it wasn't anyone in the advanced class so I'm not worried about that just yet. The other class probably just needed some more students and decided to take it out of my class. By the way, I didn't know about this until lunchtime because the 8th grade didn't have recess outside. According to the teachers it was too cold but I find this ludicrous. I mean, come on! 

Can't you handle a little chill? I guess they don't want parents doing the school because they let their kids go outside in the cold weather and go sick, but that just seems wild to me. Anyways, back to what I was talking about. The physical education class before my team and another were 1 to 1 and it was taking way too long to decide a winner. Even after the regular overtime, so my teacher said that we needed to pick two people from each team to represent in this battle. I was going to be a 2v2, one player each and one goalie each. I was the player since my teammates knew I was the best player as of yet. 

Then we spent another 2 minutes trying to decide a victor until eventually it was taking too long again. My teacher said that during this stage usually they would just do a 1v1 without the goalies and believe me this took way longer then I thought it would. After another 5 minutes even I was a bit annoyed of hearing everyone say, "Rinchen!" and "Adonis! (other challenger)". That's when my gym teacher said that we were supposed to take free shots until one person scored. I was really surprised at this and happy because long shots were my specialty, that is until I heard that he was going to go first. 

I felt like it was going to be fair if he scored first but he didn't and I started getting a lot of pressure. If I didn't score then he would get to go again and I had a feeling he'd make it the second time around. So I came up with a foolproof plan to secure my goal fast and easy. I was by shooting so fast at the goal that he wouldn't have enough time to block it. And that is exactly what happened, everyone was saying, "Rinchen! Rinchen!" because after this battle that took almost 20 minutes it was finally over, and your asian boi scored! Believe me, that entire match I was tired and sweaty. The kid and me literally looked at each other rested because we were both so tired. 

Just today I got news that all of my EOT's were going to be due by the end of this week. Well, I didn't mean to say "due", instead we have to take the test on certain days. What I don't understand is why ELA and Math were originally supposed to be on Wednesday, and then they moved the ELA EOT to tomorrow, meanwhile leaving Science and Social Studies to continue being on the same day (Friday). Were they trying to give us a break on Thursday? Anyways, the one that I'm most nervous about is obviously Math because it's my worst subject out of everything. I'm pretty sure we don't have a Spanish EOT because that would really ruin things for me. Or maybe the Spanish EOT is going to be on Thursday!

 I don't really know whether or not my class has Spanish on Thursday but if we do that's probably the plan. My Spanish grade as of right now is a 100 but with how little grades have been put into my Spanish you don't know how much an end of term test might affect it. Either way, let's stop talking about Spanish and move on to ELA. I just finished studying for the ELA EOT because some thankfully my teacher sent us a "study guide" on google classroom. In reality. it was just a list of things that I needed to know but because of that all I needed to do was google a couple of things and regain my memory.

 Let me tell you what I know as of right now, so Tone is the author or narrator's attitude when writing and using the diction or word choice you're supposed to find out what the tone is. They use big words like diction and word choice but in reality it's just common sense and reading the text a couple of times. The same things go for theme, except this time you need to go a little bit more in depth, a good author will make sure their theme is easy to understand using the diction. I also, learned about how the third person point of view apparently has 2 separate definitions. 

There is the "third person limited point of view" and the " third person omniscient point of view". Now basically, the limited third person is when the narrator mainly focuses on one character and their thoughts the most rather than the others, this character is usually the main character. Meanwhile, the omniscient third person point of view is just knowing all the character's thoughts and feelings. On my 4th Pearson test I remember this being on it but the study guide didn't mention it so I was pretty confused. However, it turns out this was one out of the two questions I got wrong because my score was still a 96.

I know a lot more but I want to talk about something that's actually pretty sad and worrying for me too. So when I walked into the class one of my friends was all sad and depressed. So I asked him what happened and he told me that he accidentally canceled his High Tech application and the due date was already past. I had lots of sympathy and together with the help of one of my other good friends we were able to cheer him up but saying stuff like, "Who wants to go to High Tech?" and "It's all about County Prep". But this got me really worried because yesterday I redid my County Prep application but it was still okay because the application was due the day after. But before updating my County Prep essay it gave me the option to update my High tech one as well. And because it was already telling me to do so I fixed mine all up and made it much more convincing. Basically, all though I didn't cancel it I updated the application so it might just take the one before and that wasn't good at all. 

I just want to start off by talking about the performance of my new Razor keyboard and mouse. That's right, I said mouse as well! Yesterday, while I was on the computer I checked my phone to see if my package came. My mom had let me order a mouse called, "Deathadder-Elite". It's a Razor mouse and made for gaming although of course you can use it for other means as well. But this mouse is designed so that you can play first person shooter games really well. Unfortunately, on a Mac you can't play any first person shooter games because they are only for windows. And the ones that you can are either really unpopular or have super bad graphics. That's the reason I really want a windows computer for Christmas or my birthday. I want to get at least an 80 on my Math because then I have a chance on getting Honor Roll. If I get Honor Roll I know my dad will definitely buy it but I need to study hard.

Razor is a really good gaming company that has gained recognition for the stuff that they make so help people get better at certain genres of gaming. The keyboard that was at Best Buy when I bought it was the only keyboard to have it's own wrist-rest coming with the keyboard. The other companies didn't have their own wrist-rests so you had to buy a separate one that cost even more money. And that's surprising considering this was the cheapest keyboard there. The other Razor keyboard was twice as expensive that alone was only because of Black Friday. The original cost of this keyboard is around 100 dollars so I'm happy because anything under 80 dollars probably won't last a very long time. It's sort of the same thing for the mouse except the price goes down to 50. And because the razor mouse that I had was originally 80 dollars we're Gucci.

I've been using this mouse for quite a while now (like 5 hours) and I feel like it's definitely good. The response time is much better and it's clearer better than my older one. The wheel on that is extremely cheap and the buttons are right next to the right and left mouse button so it's hard to click. I genuinely hated it, I plan o either giving it back to my aunt if she wants it because if it's not for gaming she won't have a problem or I''ll hand it over to one of my friends at school because he's been a close buddy of mine for a while and wanted it when I got my new one. Also, the mouse that my aunt got me was from Logitech while this is made but Razor, this mouse has a better matte finish and was tested by pros in the gaming world. 

It can work for MMOS, RPG, FPS, and MOBA's. I'm not exactly sure which one is Fortnite because instead of first person it's third person so it won't be considered as FPS. MMOS and RPG's have a storyline to them and are adventurous games that require defeating bosses and gaining loot. Meanwhile, in Fortnite you just shoot until you're the last person alive. Oh wait! I'm so stupid, Fortnite is a Battle Royale (I didn't realize Battle Royale was it's own separate genre). Basically, Fortnite is the only game that I can actually play because it's compatible with Mac as long as your graphics card is good enough (which thankfully because I have a 2017 Mac it is). Now talking about that Honor Roll situation again. 

My class has a Math EOT on Wednesday that will be worth a lot since we've only had about 2 other tests. And right now my Math grade is in the 60s, so if I can get at least an 80 on the test that'll boost my grade a lot. And for some reason, my teacher still hasn't inputted the Khanacademy grades onto our on course. Either way, there's no point in doing anymore and trying to cheat because everything was already due. On Monday I'm going to be studying for Topic one and then on Tuesday I'll study for Topic two. Hopefully, by then I'll have retained enough information. I also will not go to recess because even though it feels like I'll have a fun time in reality I only ever get the ball like 5 times and get it stolen by someone in the end. 

Let's just say that yesterday I had a ton of fun hanging out with all of my family members for Black Friday. The first thing we did was when my dad came home and he told us to get ready for outside. We were going to go to Best Buy and then Target, until finally we would reach Newport Mall. My mom was skeptical after realizing that my aunt had given her $100 for my sister and I to use and knew I probably wanted to buy something electronic related. So she tried to expose me in front of my father telling him about the mouse but my dad didn't care. Yesterday, my father was actually extremely chill. He didn't tell (at least not at me) and was just focused on the products. When we entered Best Buy my father was extremely surprised by the huge amount of people at the store. This was the first time we really ever experienced Black Friday at it's full. 

The first thing my dad noticed were the TVs and saw just how cheap they were. Usually, some of the TVs are 1000 to 2000 dollars but the one that he wanted was on sale for only 500! You might think, that's still a lot of money! But considering how much different it was from the original price it was definitely worth getting. However, while I was looking at the gaming section and seeing all of the different mouses and keyboards, my father came to the conclusion that we should wait until Sunday, because apparently that's when the sale would come to it's lowest point, that is if there are anymore TVs left remaining by tomorrow. Soon enough, we looked at the TVs and headed over to the Apple and computers section. 

My dad noticed how most of the products that were in the Apple store were actually really old compared to the one in Newport Mall and refused to get anything.  Then we had this huge debate about which company was better, Apple or Microsoft. Now personally, the only reason I really would say Windows is because they have the best gaming software. Mac can definitely run games but it will either be laggy, choppy, or not capable on that platform. Also, some things that I just want to note about Apple that brings them at a disadvantage compared to Windows. They are obsessed with making their laptops and computers as slim as possible. Someone on the internet made a joke about how Apple's laptops will soon be so small that you won't even be able to fit a battery inside of them. Then they'll call the first laptop to ever not need a battery. 

Basically, their graphics cards aren't good enough compared to Windows. I tried recommending my father to get boot camp on the computer which would essentially enable you to run both Windows and Apple together. The only two issues are that every time you wanted to switch you would have to restart your computer and secondly the windows would take up at least 3/10 of your total storage on the lowest settings. My father thinks that it will cost money to run Windows on the Apple by using Boot Camp but that is actually Parallels. That is another software that you have to pay for but it can give you a slightly better edge in terms of performance compared to Windows. 

In the end, my mother ruined our conversation by calling me and asking me where we were. So we headed towards her and saw that she was talking to an employee for whatever reason. I reminded her that Acha gave her 100 dollars for me and my sister to spend so we got shopping, 50/50 each. But because my sister literally only used 4 dollars for a box of slime I could buy something a little over 50. And that was when I remembered the keyboard that I have at home. It's extremely small, doesn't have the necessary buttons to play certain games. And overall can be really annoying at times, so my dad saw I wanted a gaming keyboard and was at first skeptical (like all parents should be) but then made me promise that I would study hard and try my best to do good. So I agreed and made a personal promise to my self that I would at least get honor roll twice. 

Yesterday I was enjoying something called a "Holiday". Now of course, some of you might say, "Multi-cultural day is only for schools" but I say, "IF I THINK THAT IT"S A HOLIDAY IT"S A HOLIDAY!". Anyways, I wanted to wear my Tibetan T-Shirt just because it would be an excuse to not wear the regular uniform and it actually fit. Okay, so maybe it was a little small but I doubt anyone even realized. The first two periods were just ELA and my teacher let us watch my favorite show called, "We Bare Bears". It's this cartoon series about three bears that settle in a city filled with other humans and they try their best to fit in. For some reason, the humans aren't ever surprised when they see the bears. But my problem is that no other animals talk and speak to the humans as well as the bears do so how could they not find this disturbing. Either way, it's extremely funny so I enjoyed it. 

During my math advanced class a while back I remember my friends and I were talking about which one of us were each bear. I remember being called, "Panda" because he's shy and really likes anime. Meanwhile, another of my friends got ice bear because they're pretty athletic and doesn't talk much. But none of us knew who should be grizzly bear. The bear was funny, and wasn't shy, but at the same time he was sort of a party crasher and didn't make good decisions. We just gave up and continued working on Math. But enough about this cartoon show, there is this group of kids in my school that I told you about that really enjoy k-pop and they actually did their own performance. Obviously, they just copied the dance from the actual group but in only 4 performances I'm pretty impressed. Obviously, I would've loved to join but it was cool nonetheless.

Now this is where multi-cultural day really brings it's benefits. For one, after we watched the performance there was no point in having any more periods of the day since it was a half day. So we stayed in the homeroom and ate the food that some kids gave. My dad said that he couldn't make anything because he had to go to work at 2:00 A.M so I couldn't bring anything. Because only 4 people brought food my teacher said that she was disappointed. But there were pork rolls and rice left over. I gave the excuse that my dad had to go to work but my teacher wasn't buying it, then all the other students were saying the stuff like, "excuses" but in a friendly way so relax before you think they were trying to be mean. So my classmates and I played hangman until eventually it was dismissal. 

So I got a 92 on my Science quiz and you already know your boi is super happy. Wait a minute, actually I'm not... The reason why is because my Science grade was a 97 to begin with so getting a 92 is actually still bringing it down. That's what I hate, if you get an A no matter what your overall grade is, it should still increase. The grading system in this school is just unfair towards certain students who work hard. You could say that you were going to take the test anyway so at least you got a good enough grade to keep you int he 90s but the fact that it ever went down in the first place really bugs me. Also, there is this group of kids in my school who play this game called, "Stick Fight", and it just so happens that now any website with the word, "Game" in it is automatically blocked. One of my friends knows how to bypass this breach by going to website that allows users to go on any websites that they want no matter how blocked they are. 

Anyways, before Science even started I went to lunch and ate some of the trash meatballs. Because I didn't want to eat the disgusting food some of my friends saw my distress and handed me some food. I got French fries, a chocolate muffin, and chips. You may think, "Oh these are the nicest people in the world!", but you are dearly mistaken. They are beasts that will give you tiny bits of food and then say you owe them back, they are demons that won't end until you give them something to eat whenever they don't bring them again. Okay, that's a lie, they aren't demons or beasts. Except for the this kid who eats like a pig at the table. But they will say you owe them by taking the food. So I had to do it if it meant feeding into my hunger. Get it? I said "feeding" into my hunger? No? Okay, thats what I had for lunch (just imagine everything I said in tiny proportions).

Now time to talk about ELA class. So, I don't know whether my teacher put this on google classroom or my classmates just found it out but it's this website where you pick a character and dress them up. Then, type in speech and the character that you picked and edited will say those things. However, there is a second option where you can record your own voice and one of my friends took it to the next level. He was saying stuff like, "Come here little boi" and "I'll eat you up for dinner!". Then, increased the volume so he could show the kids next to him, but for some reason everyone in the room suddenly got quiet and they all heard his character. It was so funny, and even my teacher was laughing when you'd imagine he'd get in trouble. I'm not sure whether it was just a curious that everyone stopped talking or they actually heard the character and shut up. Either way, it was hilarious!

Yesterday I was finishing some of my writing when my father started knocking on the door. I was really surprised but just kept on writing, he walked in and started staring at me for 3 seconds straight before hugging my sister. But before he entered the kitchen he asked me where my math was. I told him that I had already done my Math and had proof but of course he didn't believe me (I didn't expect him to). The guy likes to hold a grudge, he started telling me that I was supposed to write it on a piece of paper and that I needed to do assignments but I reminded him that the mastery challenges are just as important. Since he doesn't like to be wrong he insists that my Math teacher told him the assignments are way more important. 

I don't know whether he just knows he's wrong but pretends to tell the truth or he legitimately just doesn't know that the Mastery is as important as the assignments. And if that's the case then I have no hope of making him change his mind because he will never say he's wrong. So when he was eating food with my family in the kitchen I was doing my Khan-academy all over again. It was really frustrating because that meant that the five skills that I had accomplished were basically pointless. At least when he saw me he said that I wouldn't have to do another 5, 3 instead. After finishing the 3 assignments (not mastery like I did today), he seemed satisfied and stayed in the living room with my sister, meanwhile I was on the computer wondering what this new update was about.

 It's this thing called, "Mojave" and apparently is supposed to run really well, but the only problem is I don't feel like installing it unless I have his permission. Otherwise when I do install it in already, he may get mad and tell me that I can never use the computer again or something like, "Never download ever again!". That is why if he approves of my math I will ask him whether or not he wants to download it. This is a new software that is actually on the newest computer that's worth $5,000. It makes the computer run smoother and the wallpaper is completely different, it was actually showcased in the latest Apple convention and my father and I were watching it on youtube. 

 Today I woke up at around 7:00 A.M and was really surprised to see that my father wasn't here for his day off. At first, I heard some really familiar noises coming from downstairs and assumed he was just watching a video but in reality it was my sister's phone making an alarm sound. Anyways, for breakfast my sister had some cereal that I didn't even notice she bought because she always gets cereal no matter the time. Like, I get so used to her grabbing cereal as soon as my dad goes upstairs that it's not even surprising. Sure, it's fun to blackmail her and say that if she doesn't do so and so I'll tell our dad about the cereal. And in fact it's not just cereal! Yesterday when my dad walked out of the room she immediately pulled out a random ice cream bag and started munching away. I felt like just telling me father because it wasn't fair but then knew she probably wouldn't listen to me for the rest of the night (and I didn't want that to happen). 

Once breakfast was over I played a bit of Fortnite (approximately 30 to 50 min) until my sister started doing her homework. Because I know that if I go on the computer while she's doing her homework it makes me feel guilty, although she can do all her work and a separate screen so it's been tuned down recently. That was when my mother walked in the front door and pulled out a sandwich for me to eat. I was grateful for the food and started eating it because I didn't want to have cereal. I pulled out the most recent gallon of milk and poured it into a cup until it was finished. Then, watched some Youtube (20 minutes) before started my homework. My math was definitely easy but it took quite a while so I had a pretty rough time. I did all of it mentally and didn't even need to use my paper most of the time. 

And that's basically the stage of day that I'm in right now. My dad is either in McDonalds near Journal Square or walking from Journal Square. And if the second option is true then it should only take him another couple of seconds before he reaches the house. I want to say one more time that I'm grateful for my aunt because she got me the mouse and mousepad, if she didn't get one or the other then my experience on the computer would not have been fun. I don't remember my father ever use the computer since we got it but after I finish my writing I plan on asking him whether he wants to add this "Mac Mojave" update. It popped up on the computer last week but I forgot to ask him. Maybe he'll want to do it, it's the same as the software on the latest Mac and I'm pretty sure it's free so I wouldn't know why he wouldn't say yes. 

Remember yesterday when I was saying that there was probably not going to be no school? Well, I was right. But instead of going to skill on time they gave the students can extra two hour delay because there was snow and the day before most kids got home really late. Some kids left their bus at 9:00! That was when I went to sleep! And believe me I thought my bus was long! Anyways, because of the delay I didn't have to worry about being late like I usually would. Instead, I could relax and just chill out for an extra two hours. My sister was doing even more than me! She was getting ice cream out of the refrigerator and didn't change her clothes until 20 minutes left of the bus stop. Then again, she did it faster than me so I shouldn't be complaining. Since it was dress down I wanted to wear the new clothes that my aunt got me from the Adidas at Newport Mall. It's a gray shirt saying Adidas and the logo and then on the right Hand side there are some Japanese symbols probably having something to do with Adidas.

I didn't get any pants at Adidas because my aunt didn't seem to want to get me one, although when we went home and she took a picture of me she asked me why I didn't tell her to get the pants. I feel kind of bad and good at the same pants. I've been wearing these sweatpants that my uncle in India got me for about a year. One of them are Nike, another one Adidas, and then finally an "Armani Exchange" sweatpants. Obviously because it's from India the quality isn't that good but I'm still happy and glad to see that my uncle has a cool job like that. He's a reseller (according to my aunt), he buys shirts and other name brands clothing from other stores and sells them for cheaper prices so he can get more customers. It just so happened that he gave me 3 of the sweatpants he was going to sell when asking me if I wanted some clothes. This was like a year ago and at that point I still had my Playstation so I didn't care much about clothing.

I know that reselling sneakers and other really expensive pieces of clothing in America is also big, although not as big as America. The only difference is that because it's in America there is much less fake clothing. Like I doubt any of the clothes that I got were coming from real stores but I still really liked them and they are pretty comfortable. The reason behind this is because in China and Japan the fake clothing department has gotten really big, especially for sneakers, that's why it's much easier to distribute between other Asian countries rather than in a totally different continent. However, it's happening, I once watched a video about a fake sneaker department company where they sell they're sneakers and make them look very similar. Before, if you had a fake sneaker it was much easier to find out, but nowadays people can't even find out anymore. It's hard because the material also feels the same when it's not and there are very little mistakes for someone to spot out. Anyways, that's it for today's post. 

Today was Snowing@!

I was snowing for the first time in a while here in New Jersey and my friends and I were extremely surprised. Sure the news articles and weather reporter already said it was going to be snowing but I didn't know it would be this much. In addition, apparently the snow was supposed to stack up to 5-10 inches of snow. However, I find that hard to believe since it is raining as we speak and that will most likely cancel any chance of having no school tomorrow. But imagine there was no school! Maybe when we wake up the snow is going to be piling all over the place. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem likely because when checking the weather on my phone it said it was going to be snowing for the rest of the night. I just don't know whether it also means snowing because I don't remember ever seeing the snow icon on the weather app before. That's what makes me curious if there is going to be no school. Either way, I am happy to see it snow for the first time in a while, what I'm not enjoying is the fact that there is no recess so we most likely won't be going outside for quite a while. 

Anyways, the rest of this post is going to be a rant about the snow because I've only been saying the good things. Now, today when I was heading towards Math class everyone in the school was saying it was snowing and I rushed over to the window to see it for myself. Believe me, when I first looked there was only like half an inch of snow, but over the course of like an hour it came up to 2 inches. And by dismissal it was like 2 and a half inches. Finally, when it was time to head towards bus rooms my teacher was telling us that we were going to be expecting the buses to have a slight delay. However, after 10 minutes I knew it was going to be a while before the bus came. After another hour of my friends dancing in the middle of the room and me wishing I could record them if only my dad didn't take my phone, the bus coordinator said our bus was here. And the sad thing was that one of the other buses had already left 30 minutes before, we were the second bus to leave. 

Or so we thought, but in reality we needed to wait another 15 minutes because they were just transferring the students into the multi-purpose room. I was hoping my friend was going to be there but then I remembered he was on the bus that left 30 minutes earlier than everyone else. Finally, the bus came but wanna know what happened while I was getting out. I was trying to close my bookrack and broke the zipper so it wasn't closing correctly and there were two different gaps where snow could fall in. So I had to grip the hole closed tightly and then get my whole face wet since if I let go of the hole then my face would get wet. 

Since father was off work he went ahead and dropped my sister for me, so I got an extra 30 minutes of sleep before he realized what I was doing. For breakfast he made me an egg and cheese sandwich and I really enjoyed it. I guess he had a spare one because he asked if I wanted to take it to school. Since the school food is always unhealthy and only rarely tastes good I gladly accepted and he wrapped it up in tinfoil for me. Meanwhile, I was taking a quick shower and saying goodbye to my sister since he was going to drop her. Afterwards, I put on all of my school clothes and grabbed my Chromebook so I could put it inside of my book pack. While I was doing all fo this my father was painting and he told me that I couldn't bring my phone to school even though the reason my mother got the phone was so that I could communicate with the family while outside. 

His reasoning is that my teacher said I shouldn't bring my phone and I already know that's a total lie. My evidence is because everyone else in my class brings their phones and none of the teachers never complain unless they put the phone in the box and get it at dismissal. I think my father suspects I use the phone while in class and if that's the reason then let me tell you that's not true because if you get caught with a phone the teacher will hold it until a parent comes to pick it up. Just today, one of the kids had their phones in their lockers instead of the box and while the teachers were checking all of the lockers they saw it. Thankfully for the girl, the teacher just gave her a warning because technically she wasn't using it during the day (class). 

Finally, I want tot all about this mouse that my aunt got me. Because it has a wire on it I am allowed bring it to school and use it during school, which is what I'm using. It's much easier to use then the Chromebook because you need to drag your finger to that exact spot. Meanwhile, with the mouse I made it so with a little flick you can already make it to the other side of the screen so it's much more comfortable. In addition, another 3 other kids in my class brought their mice as well, although mines is obviously the coolest since it lights up. I just enjoy using it because it's way more responsive and no teachers complain about it. Anyway, that's it for today's post.

Like always I woke up feeling extremely tired I gave it my all and urged my sister to come downstairs with me. She had some cereal while I had bread and milk because I know the cereal is filled with sugar that I don't think is good for my health. Afterwards, I took a shower and got ready to go drop my sister. Now usually, there is this one family that we meet along the way and they offer to drop my sister for me but for some reason today no one except us were at the bus stop. That is, until the last minute. When I saw the bus turning the corner and heading towards us literally 3 of the kids and their parents were running down the hill and crossing the street. It was probably 7:25 or something because I didn't have my watch on with me (so I couldn't tell you the exact time). 

I think that school should have been canceled today because it was Veteran's day but I guess they don't care enough to make it one. But I know every other school is having an off day because one of the parents at my bus stop told me. Once I reached my class my friends and I were talking about the day before when we were playing Fortnite. You see, remember when I told you I would never be able to play Fortnite ever again? Well, that was before my dad decided to get a new computer and laptop for the family. Now, I can play with my friends and talk to them about school and homework, while having fun. 

Especially since my father takes away our ( my sister and I ) phones even though the reason my mom got them was so that we would be able to communicate with her during school days. Anyways, I had a ton of fun, and my aunt also got me a new mouse because she heard that I was supposed to get one next week. I guess since she wasn't going to be here for a couple of days she decided to get me before she needed to go work. I thanked her so much and she also got a mousepad for the computer so that I don't need to worry about making a mess of the bottom of the mouse. In addition, the mouse has a button that you can turn on the lights and also make it so it turns faster or slower on the screen. Finally, the mouse has 9 buttons unlike most that only have 3 because it's designed for gaming, but that doesn't mean you can't use it for anything else like how I'm using it right now to listen to music. That's it for today's post. 

 Yesterday was a half day so my aunt asked me if I wanted to go to Newport Mall. She was going to go there anyway so I said yes and after finishing our homework we got in the car with the rest of the family. They all wanted to go to BJ's so as soon as we gt out of the car my aunt and I walked the rest of the way. It's been quite a while since I've been to the mall so just walking inside felt so good. We rushed upstairs because the movie that we wanted to wath was about to start. My aunt the tickets and then we got our food before heading there. She made a decision that we wouldn't watch a movie at Newport Mall for more than 2 times because she didn't want my mom to use too much money (with all the shopping she's already doing). I quietly got into my seat and got ready to see some of the newest movie trailers for upcoming hits. There is this one movie kevin hart is performing in about a man who can't walk or use his hands. The guy is old and pays Kevin Hart a lot of money to take care of him, let's just say from what I saw it's definitley going to be a good movie. 

Anyways, after the movie was over my aunt used the restroom while I patiently headed to the food court and looked at some of the restuarants. She wanted some tea and said that I should go and eat something so that when we go home I won't need dinner. So as soon as she got out of the AMC theater something caught our eyes. There was a new shop, and it had Japanese food. Especially Ramen, that really got my eye and let me just tell you I enjoyed it a lot! In fact, there was so much that I took some home and ate it for breakfast the next day! My aunt was curious about the food so I had to explain it's origin and why I wanted to eat it (anime). She was looking around us and saw a bunch of other asian males sitting in random areas. My aunt took this chance to remind me to eat enough so that I wouldn't be short like her. She also said all the other Asian guys have paler skin and are pretty tall. And finally, she told me that my facial features don't fit those of a Tibetan but rather South Korean or Chinese, I took that as a compliment and we continued on our way.

Now, onto the reason we came to the mall in the first place, my aunt wanted to get me some clothes because she knew I didn't have a lot compared to my sister. And because I have a love for excericising and going outside for soccer I recommended we go to Adidas. There, my aunt saw that there was a sale for a whole section of clothes on the right side and we picked out a whole outfit for me. Well, we were going to get the pants too but she asked me if I really wanted them, I wanted to say yes but I fet as though it would seem I was asking for too much. Then, after we left she told me it would have been fine if I got the pants, now I feel pretty mad. We also got a soccer ball because I lost my previous one and have been using a volleyball for quite some time. That's it for today's post.

Yesterday my dad and sister went outside to new york so for today's post I am going to retell their amazing experiences. So the both of them walked to the train station and then took a train to 33rd street. And then they went straight to the guitar store that was nearby, I guess my father was intriguied. My father took asome pictures and sent them to me, I could gurantee you my sister was probably trying to make videos and selfies there, she probably embarrased my dad. After leaving the store they saw a street food place and they looked at what the stores were selling. From there, they headed to Barnes and Nobles and picked some books for my sister. Of course they weren't going to get one for me because it was my choice not to go. They didn't get any hardcover books since it was too expensive (according to my sister). 

Later on, they went to PetCo, which from what I know is a pet store that sells toys and other items for specific pets. My sister said that they looked at the fish very intently and saw different colors, to be honest I would've done the same thing. They saw other familes that were adopting cats and thought they were really cute. Finally, the duo ended up going to McDonalds and ordered a lot of food (none for me, by the way). They got the biggest cheeseburgers and a large set of french fries for the both of them. But, it wasn't over because they then arrived at a furniture store that had lots of appliances to buy. My sister saw one of those games called, "Table soccer" and had a fun time looking at it. Unsprisingly, the story doesn't end there because they went to some store that was selling ancient statues and collectable items, my sister said that she the Bhudda and other "artifacts".

It was at this point they decided to go home, at the Path train station they saw lot's of other people who were doing weird stuff like reading newspapers. And one of those weird people was my dad. I mean, who even read's newspapers when we have something called, "Phones". On the train my sister was playing Piano tiles because she wanted to beat her newest high score. Once they got back to Journal Square they were racing up the stairs to ground level before walking home. My dad doesn't take the taxi because he think's that the purpose of god giving us legs was so that we would walk. Not wasting money on taxies. That was it, I just put their whole adventure into 3 paragraphs, and to think that this whole time I was trying to call them and find out where they were.

The reason I wasn't writing yesterday was because I showed me progress report to my father and he got mad over the fact that my math grade was a 58. I had to explain to him that my Math teacher purposely put in the grades of almost 21 quizzes as uncompleted into everyone's Math grades, so that everytime we completed that specific quiz on Khanacademy it would boost our grade, until finally we completed all of them. But this took place right before thr grades for Khanacademy were due so I didn't show the quizzes that I completed, and unsuprisingly resulted in a 58. However, my father didn't understand and just told me to watch more Math videos. I expected him to be yelling at me, but even without screaming it didn't feel much better. His exact words were, "This is why I tell you to stop playing game, you need to focus on your ELA and Math! My ELA was a 75 but just to let you know no one in the entire grade had an A in ELA, I am quoting this words from my ELA teacher herself. 

My Spanish, Social Studies, and Science were 100,100, and 94 so he wasn't complaining about that, but because ELA and Math to him are the most important he was still frustrated. I decided to just walk to the computer and start doing some quizzes. Also, I have this test that I'm taking on Tuesday and my teacher said that if you get lower than a 70 on it he's going to have to call your parents and the dean of students to inform them that it's recommended you move out of the class and go into an easier course, that way you there isn't a potential chance that we fail Math in itself. It would be great to take an easier course but then I wouldn't be able to talk to my friends as usual. That's why yesterday I was really studying hard, I found out that two of the lessons that I was taking aren't actually that hard after watching Khan Academy, although they could still be confusing at times.

Anyway, today when I woke up my sister was waking me up and saying it was 8:00 A.M. I didn't really care and wanted to rest a little more, but she was scared to go downstairs by herself because of my dad. She thought that if my dad knew she was going downstairs he'd open the door and yell at her, basically she was terrified of him. I knew the only reason she was telling me it was 8 A.M was because she was hinting at me go downstairs. And eventually, I just felt bad for her so I went downstairs. After 5 minutes she tried to quietly walk downstairs even though I was just casually walking. I know the only reason she wanted me to come with her was so that if my dad came downstairs and yelled at her she could blame it on me. Either way, I knew that he wasn't going to come for another hour. I started to brush my teeth by the time he did come and eat breakfast. Afterwards, they both left to New York City and I stayed home.

ELA GRADES!

Today was picture day and I wasn't very happy. What I mean is that I wasn't happy but afterwards I knew that nothing bad happened at all. Anyways, today was also the first day that the middle schoolers were supposed to where the new uniform. I actually mean the Winter Uniform. One of my friends tied my tie for me during the morning so I was pretty much set for the day, no one complained about me wearing a non-school sweater since it was Navy Blue, although while taking the pictures my homeroom teacher asked me to take it off. She literally threw it on the ground while we were taking the class pictures but I knew it wasn't on purpose, she was just rushing to get in the picture before the cameraman started getting man. You see, the guy who was taking the photos was really tired because he had been telling students all day where to stand and pose. His voice wasn't exactly in the best shape. 

ELA wasn't a drag after all because I took two tests and got a 92 and 96. I felt super bad for one of my friends (who I knew was definitely better than me at Math but not ELA) because he got in the 70s for both exams. Almost no one got above a 92 on the first exam so that really made me happy, and the second one was definitely easy. Yet, when I reviewed the test with him, he chose answers that at first seemed impossible but then gave a good reason as to why he chose them. And he even told me that he read the text as well so that got me really confused. But it was okay because after ELA we had Math and I had a pretty tough time with everything. I'm actually considering switching classes because my Math grade isn't good at all. My Math teacher gave a whole speech yesterday saying that he would hate to fail a student who he knows has good worth ethics just because they were taking a higher level course that wasn't easy to them. 

Because we were in the advanced class last and this year we skipped 8th grade. My teacher from last year was supposed to get us at least past the first 8th grade workbook but we never made it. So you can imagine how tough it must be on me to have the skip a whole level of math and jump into high school courses. Now obviously, I'm not saying that if I just study and pay more attention I won't pass because that's not true. But at the rate that I'm going right now I don't know if bringing my grade up enough to at least past an 80 is going to be easy. We have a big test on Tuesday and my teacher said that if you don't get above at least a 70 he's going to have to call your parents and suggest transfering you over to an easier class. I wouldn't mind that but I don't know if my father would be up for it, he's also not only going to suggest this with the parents but Ms. Daileon as well (the dean of students). Anyway, if I do good on this test he'll have no problems letting me stay, but if I don't then he's gonna have to call parents and see if their willing to change their student over to the 8th grade curriculum instead of Algebra 1. My math teacher told each of us from the bottom of his heart that if anyone of us failed and had to restart 8th grade in the advanced class because of Math he wouldn't be able to sleep knowing that he let s student fail a course that they weren't going to pass, even if he already knew that the student wasn't going to do good.